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Courteney Cox
23 FOLLOWERS • 57 CREDITS • JUN 15, 1964 • 60
Biography
Courteney Bass Cox (previously Courteney Cox-Arquette; born June 15, 1964) is an American actress, director, and producer. She gained recognition for her starring role as Monica Geller on the NBC sitcom Friends, which aired from 1994 to 2004. For her performance in the series, she received seven Screen Actors Guild Award nominations, of which she won one. She received further recognition for starring as Gale Weathers in the horror film franchise Scream (1996–present). She also starred as Lauren Miller in the NBC sitcom Family Ties (1987–1989), Lucy Spiller in the FX drama series Dirt (2007–2008), and as Jules Cobb in the ABC/TBS sitcom Cougar Town (2009–2015), the lattermost of which earned her nominations at the Golden Globe Awards and the Critics' Choice Awards.
Cox's other films include the action fantasy Masters of the Universe (1987), the comedy Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), the animated comedy Barnyard (2006), the fantasy comedy Bedtime Stories (2008), and the independent drama Mothers and Daughters (2016). She owns the production company Coquette Productions, which was created by Cox and her then-husband David Arquette. She also worked as a director on her sitcom Cougar Town, the television drama film TalhotBlond (2012), and the black comedy drama film Just Before I Go (2014).
Known For
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien
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The Graham Norton Show
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
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Murder, She Wrote
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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Saturday Night Live
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Modern Family
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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MADtv
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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
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The Masked Singer
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Scrubs
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Today
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Dream On
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Celebrities Uncensored
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Shameless
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E! True Hollywood Story
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Who Do You Think You Are?
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Seinfeld
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Family Ties
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The Late Late Show with James Corden
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Running Wild with Bear Grylls
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Web Therapy
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MTV Movie & TV Awards
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Web Therapy
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The Longest Yard
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Mr. Destiny
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Scream
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Scream: The Inside Story
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Masters of the Universe
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Bedtime Stories
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Scream 4
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Scream 3
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Scream
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The Trouble with Larry
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Misfits of Science
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Scream 7
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Friends: The Reunion
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Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
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Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
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The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them
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Sketch Artist II: Hands That See
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Scream VI
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Friends
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Scream 2
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Cougar Town
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Dirt
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A Bloody Legacy: Scream 25 Years Later
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Shining Vale
Production Credits
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